What’s Strong With You?

It’s time to start asking our kids “what’s strong with you, not what’s wrong with you?” Recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report* highlighting Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the lifelong health implications related to them. The report is a wake-up call to everyone about this critical public health issue. What […]

What are ACEs?

Adverse Childhood Experiences, commonly referred to as ACEs, is the broad term that is used to describe all types of abuse, neglect, and other potentially traumatic experiences that occur to people under the age of 18. The initial questionnaire in the study of ACEs identified and measured ten traumatic incidents that significantly impacted the course […]